Inventory manager-chip kiosk
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1. A casino chip dispensing kiosk to provide casino chips for a plurality of chip gaming stations, the kiosk comprising:
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a chip vault configured to be secured within said housing;
a plurality of casino chip stacker assemblies within said chip vault to bank casino chips;
a ticket/bill validator configured to identify characteristics of tickets; and
a control system coupled to said ticket/bill validator and said chip vault to control the dispensing of casino chips from said chip vault.
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Abstract
A chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding casino chips, a dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and security and input systems to allow a pit boss to access the kiosk and have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips. The kiosk is interactive with the casino'"'"'s accounting system so as to report the dispensing of casino chips or receipt of casino chips.
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1. A casino chip dispensing kiosk to provide casino chips for a plurality of chip gaming stations, the kiosk comprising:
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a housing;
a chip vault configured to be secured within said housing;
a plurality of casino chip stacker assemblies within said chip vault to bank casino chips;
a ticket/bill validator configured to identify characteristics of tickets; and
a control system coupled to said ticket/bill validator and said chip vault to control the dispensing of casino chips from said chip vault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A casino chip dispensing kiosk for dispensing casino chips, comprising:
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a housing;
a chip vault for dispensing casino chips;
an input device for entering data into said kiosk;
a ticket reader;
a controller interfacing with said input device, ticket reader, and chip vault for controlling the dispensing of casino chips upon receipt of instructions via said ticket reader or input device and authorization information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of casino table chip transaction management for the automation and validation of fill event transactions for gaming tables from one or more chip dispensing kiosks positioned proximate the gaming tables, the steps comprised of:
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a) providing at least one gaming station processor at a gaming table within a pit area of a casino, b) providing at least one casino chip dispensing kiosk approximate said pit area of a casino, c) initiating a fill event request at said at least one gaming station processor at a gaming table for a quantity of casino chips, d) communicating said request from said at least one gaming station processor to said at least one casino chip dispensing kiosk, and e) receiving the requested quantity of casino chips at the at least one gaming table from said at least one casino chip dispensing kiosk approximate said pit area.
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